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1.1 Black Racers (Coluber) ... This list of snakes of Florida includes all snakes in the U.S. state of Florida. ... (Yellow Rat Snake) Ring-necked Snakes ...
The Florida crowned snake is a small, 7-9 inch (17-22 cm), slender snake that is tan, light brown or reddish brown in color. It has a brown-black head, chin, and parts of the neck. Some individuals have a pattern on the head of a pale band. The band marking may be absent in individuals from north-central Florida. It can also have a dark neck band.
Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus, commonly known as the Florida pinesnake or Florida pine snake, is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. It is one of three subspecies of the species Pituophis melanoleucus.
Yellow rat snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensis ssp. quadrivittata, in Florida. Adult eastern rat snakes commonly measure 90 to 183 cm (2 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in) in total length (including tail), with a few exceeding 200 cm (6 ft 7 in). [13] The longest recorded total length to date for an eastern rat snake is 228 cm (7 ft 6 in). [12]
L. g. getula can be quite docile even when caught wild Florida kingsnake in Dixie County, Florida. Adult specimens of the speckled kingsnake, L. g. holbrooki, are the smallest race at 91.5 cm (36.0 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL) on average, while L. g. getula is the largest at 107 cm (42 in) SVL on average. [7]
Nearly 200 snakes, representing 24 species that are among the “most dangerous in the world,” were bought and sold as part of an undercover illegal wildlife trafficking investigation in Florida ...
The short-tailed snake is a small serpent averaging 36–51 cm (14–20 in) in total length, with a record total length measurement of 65.4 cm (25 + 3 ⁄ 4 in), [5] and is perhaps as thin as a pencil. It is gray above with 50 to 80 dark blotches and may or may not have a yellow stripe running down the spine.
The parasitic worms are native to southeast Asia and Australia.